Beijing time on December 29th, the NBA regular season continued. Today, the Los Angeles Lakers lost 98-112 to the Heat. They lost a total of 5 games in the past 6 games. Their hope of advancing to the playoffs is getting slimmer.
In this campaign, James still performed well. He made 10 of 18 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 27 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. The shortcoming was that he made 3 consecutive turnovers at the last moment, but this was mainly because he played the fifth position for a long time, which led to a lack of physical fitness at the end of the fourth quarter. In addition to James, Lakers also have 5 players who scored in double figures. They are Thomas Bryant with 11 points and 8 rebounds, Schroeder with 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Westbrook with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Troy Brown Jr. with 14 points and 4 rebounds, and Gabriel with 10 points and 1 rebound.
What is surprising is that Lonnie Walker, as the team's third scorer, still failed to find his touch today. He played 21 minutes and made 0 of 4 shots without scoring a single point. It is worth mentioning that Walker's condition has not been very good recently. He made 3 of 10 shots from the field in the last game against the Magic and only scored 10 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists. In the last game against the Mavericks , he only scored 9 points. Walker is one of the Lakers' most important offensive weapons this season. If he cannot play his own value, it will be difficult for the Lakers to win, especially without Davis .
What was also disappointing today was Reeves. He played as a substitute for 20 minutes and ended up making 0 of 5 shots. He also failed to score a point. As we all know, Reeves and Walker are the two core players of the Lakers this season. When both of them perform abnormally at the same time in a game, it is almost impossible to win.
In addition, there is another very important reason why the Lakers lost today, that is, their team made 24 turnovers. When the opponent is stronger than you, the first thing you need to do is to reduce the number of mistakes you make, because this is something we can control ourselves. But the Lakers made too many mistakes today. As a comparison, the Heat only made 5 mistakes in this campaign, and there was a difference of 19 times between here and outside.
After talking about the competition, let’s talk about thick eyebrows that everyone is most concerned about. According to the latest news from NBA authoritative reporter Shams Charania, Big Eyebrow will be absent until at least mid-January, which means the Lakers will have to wait for him for at least half a month. During this period, Pelinka will most likely not make a deal, because he needs to know how many layers of skills are left after the thick eyebrows return, and whether the team still has a chance to make the playoffs. If there is little hope, then there is no point in making this deal.
